Javi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAH-vee
- US rank, 2025
- #2,363 for boys
Javi is a boys' name, meaning “new house”. In 2025 it ranked 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
What does Javi mean?
Short form of Javier, from Basque etxeberri
“new house”
Javier honours Saint Francis Xavier, named after his family's castle of Xavier in Navarre.
Is Javi a girl's or a boy's name?
Javi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Javi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,363among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Javi, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Javi in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were given Javi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,912, up from #2,363 for this spelling alone.
- Javi 58
- Havi 6
Javi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,012 |
| 2023 | 77 | #1,985 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,354 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Javi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avi Avyaan Krishiv Shivansh Vihaan Navi Viraj Veer Atharv Advik Ravi
Names related to Javi
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Javi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/javi, updated 20 October 2026.